Starship Troopers fans are getting spoiled with another video game, this time courtesy of Sony Pictures Virtual Reality (SPVR) and XR Games with their newly-announced VR title Starship Troopers: Continuum. Arriving on Meta Quest 2 and 3 on October 17, Continuum will also launch for the PlayStation VR2 on October 31. Pre-orders are now open
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Helena Hauff is back with her first album in six years. Multiply Your Absurdities, the follow-up to 2018’s Qualm, is the German producer’s debut for Tresor, following her 2020 mix for the Berlin label and club, Kern Vol. 5. Listen to a single, “Humanoid Fruit,” below. The new song originally soundtracked the artist and filmmaker
Extensive damage from a fire at Tata Group’s Apple iPhone component plant in southern India could hamper production ahead of a festive season sales surge, an industry watcher and a source said, forcing the US firm’s suppliers to arrange critical parts from China or elsewhere. The weekend blaze has caused an indefinite production halt at
Sir John Franklin’s Northwest Passage expedition is a moment of history that piques a great deal of interest and imagination today. The sailors who died trying to escape the Arctic after their ships Terror and Erebus became frozen and icebound in 1846 are a testament to human endurance – and desperation. The bones of James
Artist’s illustration of a star next to its stellar companion, which has become a nova. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Although they represent different stages in a star’s life, novae and black holes are considered separate astronomical phenomena. One is a nuclear explosion that occurs when enough hydrogen accumulates on the surface of a
Sony says recent ads on PS5 have simply been a “tech error”. Sony has released a statement responding to a recent controversy related to invasive ads that were appearing on PlayStation 5 consoles. Within recent weeks, Sony released a new update for PS5 that added the “Welcome Hub” to the console’s dashboard. This new feature allowed users
ABC and CBS aren’t running spots for Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump early-days biopic The Apprentice during the campaign debates, Deadline has confirmed. Briarcliff Entertainment boss Tom Ortenberg tells Deadline, “The timidity and cowardice of those in the corridors of power in Hollywood never ceases to amaze. Despite all the obstacles thrown in our way, we
Morjana Alaoui, 2008. ©Weinstein Company/Courtesy Everett Collection Mike Flanagan’s cinematic output is very much my cup of tea. The Hush director counts a lot of my favorite films among his favorites. So, I’m likely predisposed to connecting with the content he creates on that basis. I recently happened upon a recommendation from the director where
MAMAMOO member Moonbyul has announced the US and Canada for her 2024 ‘Museum: An Epic of Starlit’ world tour, featuring concerts in Los Angeles, Montreal, Boston and more. MAMAMOO’s Moonbyul revealed the North American dates for her 2024 ‘Museum: An Epic of Starlit’ world tour, featuring 11 concerts across the US, alongside one sole Canada
Honor is developing a novel foldable technology that would enable the creation of a device that features a multi-directional foldable display. Details of this technology have surfaced in a patent document that shows how such a device would function. It is currently unclear whether Honor plans to launch a device with this technology in the
In the outer reaches of our Solar System, 5.7 billion kilometres from the Sun, lies the dwarf planet Pluto. Smaller than Australia, it is an icy world of mountains, glaciers and craters where the average temperature is –232°C. Five moons orbit Pluto – Styx, Nix, Kerberos, Hydra and Charon. Of these, Charon is the largest.
Image: Nintendo Nintendo is still rolling out new content updates for its battle royale racer F-Zero 99, with the Switch Online title today receiving all sorts of additions. Patch 1.5.0 adds five new tracks (including Satellaview content), practice mode gets expanded, there’s now a tab for Grand Prix Ace, and much much more. There’s also
October is here and which means horror comics month! Starting the week I will begin reviewing various vintage and classic horror comics through to Halloween. Let’s get spooky! Last updated on October 1, 2024 Post navigation View original source here.
In 2017, one of the greatest actors of his generation decided to proverbially hang ’em up. Daniel Day-Lewis, fresh off reuniting with There Will Be Blood director Paul Thomas Anderson on the film Phantom Thread, decided that the fashion-centric film would be his last. It turns out, however, that his retirement was short-lived. Seven years
Some of you might say calling out the “reverse Carrie” in the headline is a spoiler for The Substance. Arguably, it could be, but the movie poster itself gives more away visually. And that one scene is nothing compared to the body horror in its over two-hour runtime. You aren’t ready. Don’t worry we aren’t
Phil Elverum has shared another new song from Night Palace, his first new Mount Eerie solo album in six years. “I Saw Another Bird” is the third single he’s shared from the record, following “I Walk” and “Broom of Wind.” Give it a listen below. “Behind the dry smirk of the title (sequelling out from
Airtel, along with other telecom operators, has a special measure in place to help prevent the misuse of their customers’ SIM cards. One needs to enter a PIN code before accessing the SIM card. If someone enters the wrong PIN, then the SIM card is blocked automatically. This is where the PUK code comes into
On Feb. 3, 2023, a train carrying chemicals jumped the tracks in East Palestine, Ohio, rupturing railcars filled with hazardous materials and fueling chemical fires at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The disaster drew global attention as the governors of Ohio and Pennsylvania urged evacuations for a mile around the site. Flames and smoke
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. 2024 National Book Award Finalists Announced The 25 Finalists for the 2024 National Book Awards were announced this
Following a series of prerelease leaks for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom coming from emulator users, Nintendo has reportedly contacted the lead developer of Switch emulator Ryujinx and had the project shut down. As of this writing, the Ryujinx website main page remainds unaltered, but the download page has had links and resources
Columbia Pictures’ Saturday Night from Jason Reitman debuted at $265k, a great $53k per theater that’s the second-best limited opening of the year, and the best since June when Kinds Of Kindness also opened in 5 theaters (to a $75k PTA). It’s been a long a slightly dower wait for something to pop. Saturday Night made $108K on
In celebration of A Nightmare on Elm Street’s 4K restoration — available on Digital today and on 4K Ultra HD on October 15 — living legend Robert Englund spoke to Bloody Disgusting about 40 years of Freddy Krueger and if he has one more performance left in him. The actor had a feeling that A
Phoebe Bridgers joined Christian Lee Hutson on stage last night (September 30) during his show in Williamsburg, New York. Check out the footage below. READ MORE: Boygenius on the enduring power of ‘The Record’: “We feel as good as we ever hoped to” Hutson was playing in the city to celebrate the release of his new
Vivo X200 series will be unveiled in China on October 14. The lineup is expected to include three models — the Vivo X200, Vivo X200 Pro, and Vivo X200 Mini. Just days ahead of the official launch, renders of these smartphones have appeared on a Chinese retailer site. The Vivo X200 and Vivo X200 Pro
Building 30 at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, is hallowed ground to people who are part of the civil space industry. At approximately 3:18 p.m. on July 20, 1969, a room full of expectant engineers exhaled a collective sigh of relief when Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, uttered the eight famous words: “Houston,
Ryan Murphy, creator of shows like American Horror Story and Glee, is back with a new show, this time one with an… interesting premise.
If there’s one thing you can count on when it comes to Ryan Murphy, it’s that you can always expect a show that people will talk about from him,
Julia, Sandra, Reese—the best romantic comedies are dominated by queens, but that doesn’t mean there’s no room for a king. Enter Tom Hanks, who has been making moviegoers chuckle and swoon for decades thanks to his classic romantic comedies, several of which partnered him up with another member of rom-com royalty, Meg Ryan. Sure, his
In 20212, writer and director Kerry Bellessa released his micro-budget found footage movie Amber Alert where a group of friends follows a car they suspect is part of an active Amber Alert. Now, over a decade later, he’s bringing that narrative back to life, but this time with a bigger scope and sleeker cinematography thanks
The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our
LinkedIn is reportedly removing artificial intelligence (AI) prompts it was previously displaying on its platform. These AI prompts would appear on the feed of Premium users, nudging them to use the service’s AI features. However, several users have stated that these prompts have not been visible on the service for a while. The company has